Paul S. Woerner, 40, Entertainment Lawyer

Published: September 24, 1992

Paul S. Woerner, an entertainment lawyer in New York, died on Tuesday at his home in Newtown, Conn. He was 40 years old and also lived in Manhattan.

Mr. Woerner died of AIDS-related meningitis, said a friend, Bill Riley.

Mr. Woerner, a native of Clinton, Mo., earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1974 from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude and was valedictorian of his class.

He was a Marshall Scholar in Oxford, England, and earned a bachelor's degree in jurisprudence in 1976 and a master's degree in jurisprudence in 1981. In 1979 he received a law degree from Harvard Law School.

Mr. Woerner represented the Broadway and touring productions of many musicals and plays, including "Les Miserables," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Miss Saigon," "Jelly's Last Jam," "Crazy for You" and "Five Guys Named Moe." He also represented individual producers and other entertainment figures.

During his career, Mr. Woerner served as chairman of the Committee on Theater Entertainment of the New York State Bar Association and as chairman of the Sports and Entertainment Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

He was a founding board member of the Manhattan Center for Living, an AIDS service organization, and was acting chairman of the Mackintosh Foundation U.S. Bui Doi Committee, a charity that assists Asian-American refugees.

Mr. Woerner is survived by his parents, Leroy and Anita Woerner, of Clinton, Mo., and a sister, Jeri Woerner Crawford, of Leawood, Kan.